PHOTOS: Rohit, Ashwin hoist India on Day 2

PHOTOS: Rohit, Ashwin hoist India on Day 2

Rohit Sharma hit a century on debut while R Ashwin was unbeaten on 92, as India rallied from the loss of early wickets on Day 2 of the first Test match against the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Thursday.

At stumps, India were 354 for 6, with Rohit unbeaten on 127 and Ashwin on 92, in reply to the West Indies' first innings total of 234.

Earlier, the packed gathering at the Eden Gardens gave Sachin Tendulkar a huge cheer as he walked in to bat, but the veteran batsman failed to make an impact as he was trapped leg before wicket by off-spinner Shane Shillingford for 10.

Tendulkar walks out to huge cheer

Earlier in the morning, Tendulkar, playing his 199th Test before he retires after the second and final Test against the West Indies in Mumbai next week, walked out to bat with India reeling at 57-2, and both openers gone.

The West Indies were bowled out for 234 in their first innings on Day 1.

Image: Sachin Tendulkar walks out to bat as Murali Vijay heads to the pavilion after his dismissalPhotographs: BCCI

Tendulkar falls LBW to Shillingford

Tendulkar got off the mark with a single on the off-side, off pacer Tino Best, from the sixth delivery he faced. In the next over, he brought the crowd to their feet with cracking boundaries off Shillingford through mid-wicket.

However, the off-spinner extracted revenge a few overs later with the wicket of Tendulkar, leaving the Eden Gardens stunned.